Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt
Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music. Presented by Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, who wrote and performed megahits like ‘Gold’ and ‘True’, and Guy Pratt, a bass player who shaped songs for the likes of Madonna and Pink Floyd, you’ll hear exclusive stories of life on the road, in the studio and what really happened behind the scenes from artists who wrote, performed and produced the some of the biggest classic rock and pop tracks of all time. Guests include Sir Bob Geldof, Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera, super-producer Trevor Horn, Chris Difford of Squeeze and their bandmate from A Saucerful of Secrets, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by Slade drummer Don Powell.
Gary is very excited as Slade are one of the first bands he ever saw on stage and their live shows remain utterly legendary. Don was and remains a childhood hero!
In this episode Don chats to Guy and Gary about how the band got together, his musical influences, the huge success the band enjoyed in the 70s, and a remarkable tale about the devas...
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are delighted to welcome our good friend Jill Furmanovsky to the pod
Jill is one of the world’s leading photographers and has spent her career photographing the great and the good from Rock N’Roll
In this episode she chats to Guy and Gary about getting her first break and some of the amazing artists she has worked with that include The Who, Pink Floyd, Blondie, and The Stones
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are back! Guy and Gary welcome John Power to the show.
John talks about the new Cast album ‘Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’ out on January 30th and looks back at a wonderful year last year for Cast that included the Oasis tour and 30 years of ‘All Change’.
He also talks about his days in The La's and the evolution to Cast.
The new album is available to preorder now here: https://shop.castban...
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary and Guy quiz each other on great songs that were denied a No.1 and we welcome back our dear friend, the legendary record producer Steve Lillywhite to the show.
Steve has worked with some of the biggest and best artists on the planet - and produced the nation’s favourite Christmas song ‘Fairytale of New York’.
In this special end of season episode, Steve talks about the song, the record...
We welcome Lewis MacLeod on the podcast for a special pre-Christmas show! Known for his work on BBC Radio 4's Dead Ringers (and many more) and for voicing various characters in various TV shows.
Tune in to hear all the fantastic impressions.
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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt welcome the brilliant Steve Lukather to the podcast.
Luke, as we call him, is the very definition of an artist. He’s a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer. He’s recorded on literally 1000’s of tracks for 100s of artists from Boz Scaggs to Ringo Starr and Michael Jackson. He is also the last founding member of Toto and he talks to Guy and Gary about his ...
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt welcome KT Tunstall to the show.
KT talks about her early musical influences having moved to an America as a young child, growing up adopted in a house where very little music was listened to but discovering that her biological parents were music obsessives. KT also talks about her breakout appearance on ‘Later’ with Jools Holland and the 20th anniversary of her...
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome Blur drummer Dave Rowntree to the show.
Dave has recently released a beautiful book of intimate, candid, and never before seen photographs from the very early days of Blur. ‘No One You Know’ is out now and chronicles the band’s first adventures.
Dave chats to Gary and Guy about those early days, his life with and without Blur, and shares stories of flying the band aroun...
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome another bassist to the show. But Mani is NOT just any old bass player, he’s the bass player from the Stone Roses.
Mani joins Guy and Gary to talk about his musical journey that took him from the Roses to Primal Scream and back to the Roses, and while doing so managed to influence almost every kid that picked up a guitar or started a ba...
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a true visionary of the music business.
Guy and Gary welcome Richard Branson to Rockonteurs to discuss the early days of the Virgin empire, one that was built on music and culture.
Richard shares tales of starting a small record shop in London to sell his favourite new records, to signing some of the biggest artists in the world.
The Keith Richards story will go down as one ...
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a true giant of music, Robert Plant.
Guy and Gary join Robert at his house to discuss his incredible career and his new album ‘Saving Grace’ which is out now.
The album was 6 years in the making and Robert talks about the process, the band, and the songs that make up this collection.
He also talks about the early days of Led Zeppelin, his commitment to finding, recording...
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome Sean Lennon to the show.
Sean discusses this incredible upcoming ‘Power to the People’ boxset that he has mixed and produced - out on October 10th. It is a beautiful collection of recordings from his mother’s and father’s 1972 Madison Square Garden shows.
October 9th would also have been John Lennon’s 85th birthday and Sean discusses his father’s legacy and the duty of ...
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a true legend to the show, John Fogerty.
John reflects on his incredible career, writing songs that will forever be part of the soundtrack to our lives like 'Proud Mary', 'Fortunate Son', 'Up Around the Bend’, and many many more.
Many of these have been recently re-recorded on a 20 track collection called 'Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years' which is out now.
Joh...
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a wonderful partnership of band mates and best friends. Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill join Gary and Guy to discuss their new shared memoir ‘Our Secrets are the Same’ - which is out on October 2nd.
It’s a candid, moving, and funny set of stories about how they have managed to stay so close and still continue to lead the creative charge of Simple Minds, a band who have sold over 6...
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are back after the summer break and we head to the Design Museum in London. Opening in September is a fascinating exhibition that celebrates the iconic and influential Blitz - "the club that shaped the 80s". It was a hotbed of music, fashion, and culture in the late 70s and early 80s that helped influence the entire decade.
We meet up with Boy George to talk about the club, the scene it...
In a surprise bonus episode, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt discuss the incredible reaction to the Oasis Live 25 reunion shows.
Rockonteurs will return in September for a new season with some incredible guests. In the meantime, watch some of the best episodes on our YouTube page.
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Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt take a look back at this most recent season and discuss some of their highlights.
Rockonteurs will return in September for a new season with some incredible guests. In the meantime, watch some of the best episodes on our YouTube page.
Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @gimmesugarproductions
Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube ...
This week on the show Guy and Gary are joined by the walking, talking, rocking and rolling musical encyclopedia Joe Elliott. They chat about the recent passing of some iconic artists including founding member of Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, Mick Ralphs.
Joe is an honorary Rockonteur and takes time out from the busy Def Leppard US tour to chat to Guy and Gary on the show.
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This week on Rockonteurs, we’re joined by journalist and author Dylan Jones, here to talk to Gary and Guy about his fascinating new book '1975: The Year the World Forgot'. Spoiler: you’ll never look at that year the same again.
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This week on the show Guy and Gary are unexpectedly without a guest…BUT they discuss the hunt for the missing guitar from Back to The Future after the cast launched an appeal this week, that you can see here:
They also discuss other infamous missing guitars some of which have never been seen again and some of which have remarkably been found including the very guitar Gary played ‘True' on at Live Ai...
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